Joe Soto
(Joe DeSoto)
| BORN |
c. 1867 |
| WEIGHT |
117-126
1/2 lbs |
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1885
Jan 9 Jack Campbell San Francisco, Ca LK 4
-Campbell was called the "Featherweight Champion of the Coast"
1886
Apr 16 Jack Campbell San Francisco, Ca L 4
-Campbell reported this as an exhibition bout
Jun 27 Tug Wilson San Francisco, Ca KO 5
-Some sources report "KO 13" on 6/28/1886
Nov 22 Jack Gallagher San Francisco, Ca W
-Some sources report "Poundman's Pet" as Soto's opponent
Dec 23 Billy Meehan San Francisco, Ca EX
1887
Mar 13 Gus Brown San Francisco, Ca KO 13
Mar 27 Deacon Jones Berkeley, Ca D 5
Apr 1 Deacon Jones San Francisco, Ca LT 3
May 13 Billy Akers San Francisco, Ca EX
May 17 -Soto refereed the Deacon Jones-George Sinclair bout in San Francisco
May 27 Billy Akers San Francisco, Ca EX 4
Aug 17 -Soto seconded Jack Shay vs Pete Hennessey in San Francisco
Dec 23 Dan "Young" Brady San Francisco, Ca EX
1888
Apr 27 Young Mahoney San Francisco, Ca L
May 21 Dan "Young" Brady San Francisco, Ca EX 3
Aug 13 Dan "Young" Brady San Francisco, Ca W 8
Oct 26 Billy Akers San Francisco, Ca EX 2
Nov 27 Young Mahoney San Francisco, Ca EX 4
Nov 30 Billy Akers San Francisco, Ca D 9
Dec 22 Dan Mahoney San Francisco, Ca EX
Dec 27 "San Francisco" Paddy Smith San Francisco, Ca EX
1889
Jan 28 Billy Akers Alameda, Ca EX
Feb 9 Dan Mahoney San Francisco, Ca EX 3
Mar 13 Dan "Young" Brady San Francisco, Ca EX 3
Mar 19 Harry Jones San Francisco, Ca L 11
-Some sources report "L 16"
May 21 Harry Jones Los Angeles, Ca KO 21
-Some sources report "KO 20";
Some sources report 5/22/89
Sep 26 Tommy Danforth Los Angeles, Ca KO 57
-Reports vary - "KO 55" - "LK 56";
Some sources report Sep 27;
Some sources report "San Francisco, Ca"
Oct 31 -Soto seconded Ed Cuffe vs Pete McCoy in Los Angeles, Ca
1890
Mar 28 -Soto refereed the Billy Smith-Young Noble bout in Los Angeles
Dec 21 -Soto refereed the Ryan-Barr bout in Mondonville
1891
Jan 29 an unnamed opponent Pasadena, Ca EX
Feb 10 "Young" Billy Manning Los Angeles, Ca ND 4
Apr 10 -Soto was scheduled to spar in Los Angeles, Ca
May 9 "Young" Billy Manning Santa Barbara, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; Authorities prevented it
May 22 "Young" Billy Manning Los Angeles, Ca EX 4
Sep 17 Gus Herget Los Angeles, Ca LK 17
Sep 25 Solly Smith Los Angeles, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 16 Joe Hawkins San Francisco, Ca EX 4
Nov 20 George "Kid" Lavigne San Francisco, Ca LT 30
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1888
Solly Smith Los Angeles, Ca D 6
Jun Hank Griffin L 4
1910
Billy Manning ?
-Some sources report this bout being held but give no result
*** Much Data Was Provided By William Schutte ***
*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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